Information Technology and Security

Information technology and information security are my fields of expertise, and I have the pleasure of working within those fields as a career. The abstract thought process and mix of technical knowledge make it almost like play time. Thinking outside the box is outmoded – you have to think even more abstract since you are trying to see all points of view – from CEO to hacker – from tactical to strategic, and even political.

I’ve posted a lot of information technology and information security related post to this website. I learn from the information I gleen from around the web and I wanted a place where I could refer back, since some of the command line and shortcut stuff is priceless. It doesn’t matter what status I hold at work, I’m always interested in cleaning up my skills, and learning new ones. There should never be a point, even in the executive layer, that we should let go of those skills.

Information Security is an area I have a lot of passion in. I am the Director of Information Technology and Information Security Officer for the company that I work for and, as such, have to keep my finger on the pulse. I have done hacking course and am technically proficient, but I would not say that I am anything other than someone who sees how it can be done, and wants to prevent it happening to the company I work for.

Here’s a Standard Penetration Testing Checklist. See how involved it is, and that is just the entry point. I didn’t write this by the way – why re-invent the wheel, but it’s a great reminder and backbone for penetration testing. All that I am trying to illustrate is the complexity of information security, and that it is all too often overlooked by executives for no other reason than not arming them with enough information. Yes – we should take the blame for some of that. When I presented the base level of hacking techniques to our executive staff I immediately got budget money. I meant to scare them, and boy did I.

You’ll notice in the tech section there is a ton of useful information. This is just a piece of what I find useful – I don’t have time to post it all so I try to post the most interesting – well, to me anyway. More as it comes to me.